Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer, Wife Donating More than $25 Million for COVID-19 Relief

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, are donating more than $25 million through the Ballmer Group for COVID-19 relief efforts in Los Angeles, Seattle and Eastern Michigan, the organization announced Friday.

Earlier this week, the Ballmer Group announced it was donating $1 million to California-related COVID-19 relief efforts. They had also previously pledged a $3 million donation to Seattle relief efforts.

Amid the NBA's hiatus, the Clippers, along with the Lakers and Kings, have formed a joint plan to compensate the hundreds of part-time and contract workers that typically staff games at Staples Center.

As of Friday evening, there are more than 575,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus worldwide, causing more than 26,000 deaths. There are nearly 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, the most of any country globally.